AsCV - CHM - Chimera Assault Carrier

Update 4/12/14 - added glass windows

Update 3/22/14 - Fixed thruster damage. Added solar panels, fuel storage, and fuel conveyor systems.

Mass: 26 mil kg Acceleration: 1.3 m/s^2 Weapons: 28 Gatling Turrets, 33 Missile Launchers Ammo Capacity: 18 Large Containers Hangar Capacity: 11 Osprey Gunships or equivalents

The Chimera was created to be a raiding vessel. It is relatively manueverable for its class, and like the Hydra, it carries gunships for the purpose of taking over enemy ships. A very generous amount of weaponry allows the Chimera to blow away enemy armor and make holes for these gunships to enter through and drop off their troops. The gunships can be traded out for fighters or bombers, and the Chimera can function as a heavily armed carrier. The only weaknesses of the Chimera are that it does not have as much ammo capacity as the Basilisk or Kestrel, or the hangar capacity of the Wyvern.

The Chimera was created to embody agressive tactics. It is not designed to stay in battle long due to its relatively low ammo storage vs its high amount of turrets, but this is because it is meant to end the threat quickly with large bursts of damage and deadly strike craft. Chimera captains have even been known to fly into battle, exhaust all their ammunition, and then spear enemy ships with the forward facing wings.

the design was inspired by the look and feel of Helghast ships from killzone. as always i made it a bit sleeker for my own tastes, but i wanted to still capture the aggressive feel of those ships as well